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1983–2026
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July 3, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Yule Marble Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICKED UP FIRE EXTINGUISHER BY THE TOP HANDLE AND IT CAME APART FALLING ON EE FOOT BRUISING THE TOPE OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.

October 9, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Yule Marble Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING WITH HIS LEGS LIKE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO WHILE LIFTING WIRE SAW TREE INTO LADDER BUCKET AND OVER EXTANDED HIS BACK.

May 6, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Yule Marble Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

MECHANIC WAS CHECKING ANTI FREEZE IN RADIATOR OF THE GENORATOR WHEN THE RADIATOR CAP BLEW OFF. HOT WATER HIT HIS FACE, BURING HIM.

May 28, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Yule Marble Company · Struck by falling object

MOVING CONTROL CABINET FOR WIRE SAW FOOTING SLIPPED & CABINET FELL ON RT FOOT BEHIND STEEL TOE

March 30, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Yule Marble Company · Struck by flying object

ELECTRICIAN WAS PULLING AN EXTENSION CORD CABLE AROUND A PILLAR. EXTENSION CORD WAS DRAPED OVER STAND-OFF POLES INT HE PILLAR. AS THE ELECTRICIAN PULLED THE CABLE AROUND THE LAST CORNER OF T HE PILLAR, THE CABLE SWUNG OFF OF THE STAND OFF WITH AN ARCING MOTION AT THE SAME TIME THE ELECTRICIAN PULLED ON THE CABLE AND TURNED TO SEE WHERE IT WAS AND THE PLUGBOX STRUCK HIS MOUTH.

December 5, 1990 CO · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Yule Marble Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHANIC WAS REPAIRING A WIRE SAW CONTROLLER. WHEN HE CHANGED BODY POSITION FOR BETTER ACCESS IN THE CONTROLLER HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK. NO UNSAFE CONDITIONS IN THE WORK AREA WERE NOTICED THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE INJURY.

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